cabdriver

[ kab-drahy-ver ]

/ ˈkæbˌdraɪ vər /

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noun

a driver of a taxicab or horse-drawn carriage.

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Origin of cabdriver

First recorded in 1835–45; cab¹ + driver

Words nearby cabdriver

cabbagy, cabbala, cabbie, cabble, cabby, cabdriver, CABE, Cabell, caber, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabet

How to use cabdriver in a sentence

As prime minister, she is often seen at food trucks and is known as Mia to cabdrivers and reporters.
Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming|by Abrahm Lustgarten|July 27, 2022|ProPublica
A 14-year-old was charged in February with stabbing a cabdriver to death.
A county, hit by the pandemic, grapples with soaring crime after spending a decade lowering it.|Emily Davies, Katie Mettler, Rachel Chason|May 30, 2021|Washington Post
His mother was a governess who emigrated from Germany and his father a cabdriver from New York.
William Friend, an influential chemical engineer, dies of complications from covid-19|Brittany Mayes|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
His father was a Jewish Lithuanian immigrant who worked as a cabdriver.
Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate who influenced policy from D.C. to Jerusalem, dies at 87|Donald Frazier|January 12, 2021|Washington Post

Cabdriver Michael Boldon and passenger Sandra Sutton-Wasmund of Maple Valley, Washington, were killed.
Shooting on the Strip: Las Vegas’s Prostitution Secret|John L. Smith|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In an exclusive, a Cartagena cabdriver recounts his morning after with the women involved in the Secret Service scandal.
Colombian Cabdriver Recounts Escorts’ Reaction to Secret Service Feud|Mac Margolis, Jenny Gonzalez|April 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Cabdriver José Peña, who drove two of the escorts home from the hotel later that morning, heard much the same story.
Colombian Cabdriver Recounts Escorts’ Reaction to Secret Service Feud|Mac Margolis, Jenny Gonzalez|April 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Last August, during the “Ground Zero” mosque controversy, a Manhattan man stabbed a cabdriver after asking if he was a Muslim.
Why Norway Could Happen Here|Peter Beinart|July 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
One of them is a cabdriver, and the other one is an electrician at Union Terminal.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I saw the cabdriver beside his cab, and saw a man cutting from one side of the street to the other.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Oh, yes; the ambulance already left before I ever left with the cabdriver.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Didn't you learn from the cabdriver that he hadn't taken him to 1026 North Beckley?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
A Paris cabdriver, much vexed by the success of the omnibus, then just introduced, determined to start an opposition.
Old and New Paris, v. 2|Henry Sutherland Edwards